By Jylian Vigar BUTLER UNIVERSITY Lindsay Labas was not someone who knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. She never had that one passion. As a graphic design student at Purdue University she took one marketing class and she did pretty well. “I thought that might be something I was interested in, […]

By Emma Edick BUTLER UNIVERSITY Light floods through the gallery’s windows like a summer sunrise during the first snowfall of the year. Relaxing music trumps the sound of the heater. Cars drive by on Main Street in Carmel’s Art and Design District. The light wood floors and clean white walls inside the gallery let the […]

By Mike Murtaugh BUTLER UNIVERSITY Amanda Smith can recall her first memorable experience with nature like it was just yesterday. Coming home from school one day in sixth grade, Smith said that she remembers noticing that her mother and her stepfather had cut down her favorite tree in the backyard, leaving just a stump […]

MATTHEW VANTRYON | BUTLER Carmel resident Seth Ely did not come out to the polls in the city’s most recent election. “I respect the fact that I have the right to vote, but I feel like the amount of time it takes to think about it and consider the options and really make an educated […]

By Ben Sieck BUTLER UNIVERSITY Anton Goff yearned to start his senior year at East Allegheny High School. He had spent his entire life in the Pittsburgh area, and it was time for one last hurrah. A standout athlete, college scouts already noticed his play on the football field. For his mother, Alfreeda Goff, he […]

Indianapolis News Beat

Ryan Green first arrived at Purdue University knowing two things. He wanted to pursue a career in technology, and he wanted to have a family of his own someday. It was his goal to find a place to make this

By Kelsy Ralph BUTLER UNIVERSITY Jacquita teaches middle school math at Lincoln Middle School. She became a teacher because she loves the look on a child’s face when they finally figure out a problem they have worked on for so

Carmel News Beat

By: Matthew VanTryon | BUTLER UNIVERSITY Nick Kestner has lived in Carmel since 1969. He opened a Schwinn bicycle shop in 1979. He can remember when there was not much to see in Carmel. Not much other than a local

EMMA EDICK BUTLER UNIVERSITY If someone had told Katie Angel that Civic would change her life, she might not have believed it in high school. But it most certainly did. Angel was asked by a friend to come along and

Community News Beat

Breanna Manley BUTLER UNIVERSITY Neighbors and business owners are working together to propel Tarkington Park as a catalyst for economic growth and neighborhood revitalization on the corner of 38th and Illinois streets. Over the last decade, the park disintegrated

By Moe Simmons BUTLER UNIVERSITY It is a weekday in Broad Ripple. A moderate amount of traffic flows on the streets and parking is available throughout the neighborhood. People walk to their jobs, a place to eat, or casually

In-Depth Reporting

By Aly Martinez BUTLER UNIVERSITY At the age of 7, Keflome Gebrenegus and his family entered a refugee camp in their home country of Eritrea; a nation surrounded by Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Five years later, 12-year-old Gebrenegus arrived at